https://www.sondeepshankar.com/exhibitions daily 0.75 2021-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577909610661-ADBK2Y7WL7D2IBKVRM80/1-Pictures+In+Our+Eyes+Invite+.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577882681054-60YL7B094CYRXDYIWD45/1+-+Image4.jpg Exhibitions Tawang Monastry in Arunachal Pradesh founded in 1680-1681. It is said to be one of the largest monasteries outside of Lhasa in Tibet. The monastery belongs to Gelugpa School. It has a richly guilded statute of Lord Buddha. The monastery has a capacity of housing almost seven hundred monks. https://www.sondeepshankar.com/events daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581862197488-XYGZ0BLPU1RSA62U6DO0/Phoolan+IMG_20200128_0003.jpg Galleries Phoolan Devi with her lover Maan Singh on her way to surrender before the Madhya Pradesh Police in 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582035814821-0IFCLG2GTMR8X4TD23Y2/image-asset.jpeg Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582114695004-IDV15Y0C9NUULFB87GLV/3.+GT-1.jpg Galleries Militants guard the Golden Temple complex from roof-tops on the eve of Operation Blue Star, Amritsar, June 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1578157978080-ILGM9QT07EE8WODG63N4/1.+Anti+Sikh+Riots-+1984-2754.jpeg Galleries Hotel Marina, in Connaught Place, New Delhi, set on fire during anti-Sikh riots after Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was killed by two Sikh bodyguards at her residence on November 1, 1984. 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Hidayatullah at Delhi Airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639911251-7CWLE2KUOMHZWQFVPZS2/Trudeu-1.jpg Home Gallery Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau accompanied by his son Justin Trudeau is received by Vice President M. Hidayatullah at Delhi Airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046383483-OWJKAUB904BPPMDW0M0F/Rajiv+Gandhi+-+at+Sanjay%27s+death.jpeg Home Gallery - Rajiv Gandhi – at Sanjay Gandhi's Cremation Rajiv Gandhi in a pensive mood at the cremation of his brother Sanjay, who died in a plane crash in New Delhi in 1980. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046362828-G33HKLPHZ166D1V8ZJ4Y/3.++Bhopal+Gas-6.jpeg Home Gallery - Bhopal Gas Leak A blinded victim being taken to hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, where poisonous MIC gas leaked from a Union Carbide plant, killing thousands of people on December 3, 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046366975-M1ZRCSJ5YDOJUD301GT2/3A.++Bhopal+Gas-3.jpeg Home Gallery - Bhopal Gas Victim A blinded victim being consoled by her relative in a hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, where poisonous gas leaked from a Union Carbide plant, killing thousands of people on December 3, 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046359373-5QONPVQHOVBI4FXLT5OX/2.++scan0018-Moradabad+riots.jpeg Home Gallery Gul Shaheed police post in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, ransacked and burnt by violent mobs on August 14, 1980. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046364864-8LXQ5QPHPGYIT0HXSJ3J/4.++-JP-Jagjivan+Ram.jpeg Home Gallery - Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan with Babu Jagjivan Ram Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan with Babu Jagjivan Ram campaigning for Janta Dal at a public rally at the Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi during the 1977 general elections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046368789-N7OMBLL65SZ51N79TFS8/6.++scan0079+Rajiv+G+Attacked+in+Sri+Lanka.jpeg Home Gallery - Attack on Gandhi Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is attacked by a Sri Lankan Navy soldier during a ceremonial guard of honour ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046367157-8STW1J0KD6HP8AVZCACM/4.++Anti-Dunkel+protest.jpeg Home Gallery - ANTI-DUNKEL PROTEST A rally organised by the opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in New Delhi against the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), popularly known as Dunkel Agreement, to be passed in the Indian Parliament shortly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046368819-0MAY6G41D03NAAVDG5IS/5.++Ayodhya-1.jpeg Home Gallery - Ayodhya Fundamental Hindu A group of kar sevak volunteers with ‘Ram’ inscribed on their heads in Ayodhya, the birthplace of the Hindu god Ram, on December 5, 1992, a day before the Babri Masjid was demolished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046359243-RA9SASYLIBMYC1KEZD3N/1.++DU-2.jpeg Home Gallery - RAGGING IN DU A Delhi University fresher offers a flower to a senior as part of a ragging ritual on the first day of the university session in 1975. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629969297148-0I89JBAFGY76RAKOLMI2/1-SSH_5181+copy.jpg Home Gallery Sikh devotees sweep the floor of the sacred tank around the Harmandir Sahib during a massive kar seva of the Golden Temple complex in 2004. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046370906-1AUD5FEKG28FH3MQV837/7.++Gurgaon-4.jpeg Home Gallery - ELEPHANT AND COWS Modern residential and commercial buildings line the highway but stray cattle rule in Gurgaon, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046371968-FUQPPIWLD5JD5HT38VOQ/8.++Kargil+Bofors+guns.jpeg Home Gallery - Kargil War Indian artillery positions firing on Pakistan-backed infiltrators occupying high altitude positions in the mountains during the the Kargil War in May 1999. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046373386-RGNTZQWZAV07H7MFGGXW/8.++Statue+-+Shivaji+ganesan-1.jpeg Home Gallery - STATUES AT CHENNAI Golden statue of Tamil film star Shivaji Ganesan and a statue of Father of the Nation, Mahatama Gandhi in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046376156-369X7JM6R10NBRZ3IPPZ/9+-+0583.jpeg Home Gallery A monk performs the task of upkeep at a Buddhist temple in New Delhi. When a monk is ordained, he is said to be reborn into a new life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046378102-IJQK1693UB4HGCJR7VG3/11+-+1628.jpeg Home Gallery - Ganga A sadhu sits in meditation on the banks of the Bhagirathi River at Gangotri, Uttarakhand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046375615-ZDGGVH8KA9X75TUJWNSZ/10.++RPB-1.jpeg Home Gallery - Presidents Body Guards The Presidents Bodyguard (PBG) soldiers enter Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi for ceremonial duties. PBG is a cavalry regiment and is senior-most in the order of precedence of the units of the Indian Army. The primary role of the President's Bodyguard is to escort and protect the President of India. The regiment is based in Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580046378294-Y7V684K13Q01TE74HKFI/19.++John+Abraham-+Amit+Shah+at+Luv+Kush+Ramleela+6.jpeg Home Gallery - BJP PRESIDENT AMIT SHAH Bharatiya Janta Party President Amit Shah, with Bollywood actor John Abraham, holds bows and arrows aimed at the demon king Ravana (not seen in photo) at a Ramlila celebration in New Delhi, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1633708783277-KZAKDMCRJSD0RUCLYN9A/Mehrauli+Miscl136.jpg Home Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580056171764-QBIS3WQU73KTXZOJTJVX/_SSH6278+Narendra+Modi.jpg Home Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617618832279-O6VODD7O3HIH6I9H1ES5/_SSH2167.jpg Home Gallery - Child naga Sadhu A child naga sadhu holds the long hair of his senior in a camp at Prayagraj during Kumbha Mela in Uttar Pradesh, India. Ordained children as naga sadhus before the age of 14 years is followed by some sects of hindu asetics. The ordination ceremony is conducted in secrecy and is witnessed by other children who are already ordained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617618853101-OTU6C7ZAWC73EZH9E4OY/_SSH2387.jpg Home Gallery - Child naga Sadhu A child naga sadhu carrying a 'chilum' in his camp at Prayagraj during Kumbha Mela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617619085510-9ZY2W7AZYISEY57V2WK4/DSC_0091.jpg Home Gallery - Child naga Sadhu A child naga sadhu rides on shoulders of his seniorduring a procession at Kumbha Mela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617618898092-4ZK64HDGPXRJIH4WVGQF/_SSH2779.jpg Home Gallery - Blowing Conch A hindu holy man blows a conch marking end of prayer session on the banks of river Ganga at Prayagraj. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631996942-Q1MKVHP4SSIF1WMJL452/DSC_0195.jpg Home Gallery - Holy Men Naga Sadhus rejoice after a prayer session at Kumbha Mela at Prayagraj. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617618871176-EMCVWGWY4G6PM9B638A2/_SSH2686.jpg Home Gallery - After A Holy Dip Draped in fresh cotton clothes after a dip in the holy Ganga river during Gangasagar mela where the holy river Ganga merges into the Bay of Bengal in West Bengal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617619428711-CT5S1DB9JK6KFRGUI52Z/_SSH3883.JPG Home Gallery - India - Pakistan Border Post Indian Border Security Force officer facing a Pakistan Border Ranger signals lowering of flags at the Attari border post with Pakistan. The daily ritual marks closing of gates at sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1633708784511-JC0UFIEM6SJPXG1NSQ6R/Wagah+3979-1.JPG Home Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617630413662-CQ4P1L7QTPKRD1IQKRDC/_SSH6249.JPG Home Gallery A farmer from the southern state of Tamil Nadu in New Delhi protest holding human skulls to draw attention to the spate of farmers suicides in the state due to continued famine for many seasons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617630427230-2YDNPQ0L0R0XVP7W1EB9/_SSH6261.JPG Home Gallery A farmer from the southern state of Tamil Nadu in New Delhi wears a garland of skulls to focus attention on farmers suicide due to famine over the last several seasons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629969315679-4ORBGIP937D8ND4ZHUJK/1-SSH_5129.jpg Home Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617630984207-WHTRVNVZ2GB0GO1KTDJS/_SSH7135.JPG Home Gallery Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi greets his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina during a ceremonial reception in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631005964-59FGZ2STV753IPHMFIZY/041117-6BB.JPG Home Gallery Yoga guru Baba Ramdev stir "Khichdi" in a vessel as Minister for Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal, centre, with Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, left extend a helping hand at the World Food India exhibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631256630-I859Y9KSSG2HO9KUS4QJ/271017-8SS.JPG Home Gallery French Defence Minister Florence Parly inspect a tri-services guard of honour at Defence Ministry Headquarters at the South Block in New Delhi. India has signed a deal to purchase French made Rafael fighter jets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633339368-37HW2IUDUPHGQIQGZTFF/DSC_6965.jpg Home Gallery - Akshardham Temple Delhi President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP President L.K.Advani at the public dedication ceremony of the Akshardham Temple in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631928426-2CTSMHKA73Q401DKY3YR/Belgola.jpg Home Gallery Jain nuns pray at teh feet of Lord Gometeshwara; considered to be one of the world’s tallest free-standing monolithic statues at Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631946367-MD1PTG24AOYEBX4RB3SI/Chandani+Chowk.jpg Home Gallery Eid congregation spils over to the hisoric Chandani Chowk from Fatehpuri mosque in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617632431397-J0DGVEEXRYIUZLN4WSOJ/DSC_3546.jpg Home Gallery - Protest against Dalit Killing Left parties activists protesting against killings of the under privileged dalits in a Haryana village holding the right wing BJP leaders responsible for the attack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617632461387-IYWNL4PU4IMVRLD4NXOM/DSC_3576.jpg Home Gallery - Sonia Gandhi with NSUI Leaders Newly elected National Students Union of India (NSUI) leaders who swept the Delhi University Students Union elections, meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617632481551-R1PRNYOMJVK5X5O7T4VC/DSC_4504.jpg Home Gallery - TNA Wrestlers TNA wrestlers Indian born Sonjoy Dutta (Extreme left), Shark Boy (middle) and Simon Diamond right) during an interaction in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617632514471-837JCI0DQCL4CUE8B23R/DSC_4818.jpg Home Gallery - Remembering Dandi March School children dressed as Gandhi re-enact the Dandi March of Mahatama Gandhi on the 75th anniversary of the march in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617632533350-JFUPVVG5F4RHM6VP0KVM/DSC_5247.jpg Home Gallery - Actor Shabana Azami Hugs Actor Shabana Azami hugs an elderly person during release of Helpage India greeting cards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631971405-X9R9J7MQCA1UY3UAER0W/DSC_0186.jpg Home Gallery - Intel Chairman Craig Barrett Intel Chairman Craig Barrett addressing a press conference in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633184674-NSBG58ZS1JA31OM7PNHQ/DSC_6100.jpg Home Gallery - IATA DG Giovanni Bisignani Giovanni Bisignani Director General , International Air transport association (IATA) along with V Thulasidas Chairman & MD Air India (on his right) and Vijay Mallya Chairman & MD Kingfisher Airlines (On his left) at a meeting on "Aviation in India: great opportunities & great Challenges" in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633214616-KMGJPC7LLI9J9B5IX684/DSC_8704.jpg Home Gallery - Nobel Laurette Amartya Sen Nobel laurette Amartya Sen delivering his speech on "Democracy and its critics" in New Delhi , organised by United Nation Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633248022-4LI50P0POY9TBV3LAVCK/DSC_8884.jpg Home Gallery - Branson - Mallaya Sir Richard Branson, English business tycoon and investor, and founder the Virgin Group, with Vijay Mallaya, Chairman and Managing Director of Kingfisher Airlines in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633296174-ALYGL62Q10GVIHESN5NA/DSC_6382.jpg Home Gallery - Protest Against Price Rise Angry women demonstrating near Parliament House in New Delhi against the price rise of Onion, and black-marketing of cooking Gas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633323159-2AUZD8HTJXJG6J05AP3N/DSC_6686.jpg Home Gallery - Queen's Baton School children performing to welcome the Queen Baton for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games at Red Fort in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633374951-X4QXTR6N0EPL8842IBZB/DSC_7334.jpg Home Gallery - Air Show MI - 17 helicopters of the Indian air force showing the dropping skill of soldiers in the battle field during an Air show in Hindon Air Base in Gaziabad near Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633374950-EPWW66FLG2QGS98LTRXJ/DSC_7348.jpg Home Gallery - Air Show MI - 17 helicopters of the Indian air force showing the dropping skill of soldiers in the battle field during an Air show in Hindon Air Base in Gaziabad near Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617633378112-2RDCU9MO19UYJIKEWN4J/DSC_7349.jpg Home Gallery - Air Show MI - 17 helicopters of the Indian air force showing the dropping skill of soldiers in the battle field during an Air show in Hindon Air Base in Gaziabad near Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617638295353-KBMH8YYA4MFD3AUX3FTC/DSC_8937.jpg Home Gallery - Infantry Regiment A veteran Infantary Regiment officer of the Indian Army at Teen Murty memorial to mark the Infantary Day in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617638295922-NDT2YNB00Q731DLPOUUM/DSC_9366.jpg Home Gallery - Lee Kuan Yew - Vajpayee Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and finance Minister Yashwant Sinha with the Minister Mentor of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617638297861-RSYH9R11GP3KXAFBS2XP/DSC_9385.jpg Home Gallery - Lee Kuan Yew CPM leader Sitaram Yechuri with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meets the Minister Mentor of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617638645167-CPWF5DE85I3XVSR48D54/DSC_9799.JPG Home Gallery Kung Fu nuns – women from an age-old Buddhist Drupka sect learning martial arts expertise near Leh, Ladakh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617638650002-KXWMQJSHPT64J4BGK101/DSC_9816.JPG Home Gallery The nuns learn martial arts to challenge gender roles in this conservative culture and teach women self-defence, as reports of rapes rise the country. Unlike other nuns, their chants and prayers are followed by jabs and thrust kicks. Between meditation sessions, they attend gender equality lessons. Even their traditional maroon robes are periodically swapped for martial arts attire, with black belts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617638646055-OSBZQ36V0NHF173ZP5Q0/DSC_9808.JPG Home Gallery Energetic yells of scores of young women, clad in sweatpants and trainers are trained in stretches, lunge, jump, kick and punch to ward off any threats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639090784-WQ506FFJII98A2E03M0M/DSC07294.jpg Home Gallery - Eid Namaz Eid Namaz being offered at the ruins of Ferozshah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639083966-8OKT7YLLT7SLRZ20P7D8/Mehrauli+Miscl122.jpg Home Gallery School students attend the Indian Independence Day function dressed in the colours of the Tri-Coloured national flag at Red Fort in New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639093330-U4PTG8JGTC1T9YS3BW3F/MF+Hussain.jpg Home Gallery Painter M.F. Hussain with his mural bought by New York based NRI art lover and collector K. Srikanth Charugundla for a record sum. The mural entitled "Lightening" has been in the private collection of the painter for the last 25 years. The mural comrises of twelve penels of 5 feet by 10 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639094427-09P5PH4C2TAX6EZLD6AO/Mughal+Gardens.jpg Home Gallery Tulip in full bloom at Mughal Garden of Rashtrapati Bhawan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639905753-H0MI5YO08U37QBMVTPF5/Pushkar.jpg Home Gallery Camel camp at Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639908098-8UKDXGKVJN1I8HC4KITG/Rahul+G-+Vadra+-+Digvijay+Singh.jpg Home Gallery Congress President Rahul Gandhi with Robert Vadra and Digvijay Singh in an animated discussion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639910051-JLXZV7TMPBHJTT4YNTC2/SSH_4264.jpg Home Gallery After maintaining social distancing for almost nine months, hundreds of BJP workers danced and celebrated Lohri to the beats of Punjabi-pop at delhi BJP office in New Delhi unmindful of the prevailing Covid protocals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981555254-349XJC5TMSQIVRPLVS4D/CH+CHOWK-2-SSH_0764.jpg Home Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981552997-2YT5L2DB1L1YEWNATODZ/CH+CHOWK-1-DSC_0892.jpg Home Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981555549-W2FT7RN075TDQMBN2LBO/DSC_0057.jpg Home Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981560652-NH0COSYCDE3KXQBXESAZ/DSC_0785.jpg Home Gallery Congress leader Natwar Singh with Jaya Bachchan from samajwadi Party outside Parliament House in New Delhi. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981562137-1WH2A69PZBTQKLJSWSZJ/DSC_1604.jpg Home Gallery - RSS Drill Activists of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), perform during a drill on the occasion of Dussehra in New Delhi, India. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981562697-6533G1T0J03I4XRVOXNR/DSC_2759.jpg Home Gallery - Fogged Up Raisina Hill - New Delhi A view of the Raisina Hill with colonial style North and South Blocks and the Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhawan housing the central government office, engulfed in fog, in New Delhi. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981563888-0TA7PSL38MCSL11IENSV/DSC_4837.jpg Home Gallery - Politicians of All Hues Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh (second from right) talking to Shivraj Patil, Congress; Somnath Chatterjee, Communist Party (Marxist); former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Janta Party and Shiela Dikshit (Congress, back to camera) in New Delhi, India. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981565240-TQO9BIYPODPK1MT7LSO0/DSC_4862.jpg Home Gallery - President Kalam Greets Arjan Singh President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam shake hands with Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh as the Chief of Army General J.J. Singh looks on. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981566193-W723BI6WP73ULR9AAH5K/DSC_6831.jpg Home Gallery - Newly acquired Brazilian manufactured Embraer 135 Legacy Newly acquired Brazilian manufactured Embraer 135 Legacy aircrafts during an induction ceremony for the Indian Air Force and Border Security Force at Air Force Station, Palam in New Delhi on Tuesday, September 20, 2005. 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Deve Gowda in New Delhi on April 02, 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981553510-00IRIW9WNVNW8MWQ07PQ/12-SSH_0697.jpg Home Gallery - Cobid-19 Vaccination Drive for Homeless A Delhi Government health worker giving Covaxin Jab to an inmate of ashelter home during the launch of a free vaccination drive for homeless at the river Yamuna embankment area in New Delhi, India on Friday June 24, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631638035-0QVW8EQ3FS1DFF53TPTE/a-SSH_3232-13102020.jpg Home Gallery - Rapid Antigen Testing A technician doing rapid antigen testing, a quick testing process to detect Covid-19 coronavirus infected people within a short span of time at a municipal clininc in New Delh, Indiai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631616778-XM2I60AUF3MFR518YNE0/a-SSH_3226-13102020.jpg Home Gallery - Covid-19 Testing A health worker takes nasal swap as part of rapid antigen testing, a quick testing process to detect Covid-19 coronavirus infected people within a short span of time at a municipal clinic in New Delh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981572791-IZRM3ETOV144E60G7KAO/Shankar+12082021-1.jpg Home Gallery Opposition parties took out a protest march in New Delhi, August 12, 2021 accusing the Bhartiya Janta Party led union government of not allowing them to speak in the Parliament. Leading the protest march, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that Members of Parliament (MPs) from Opposition parties were manhandled and beaten inside Rajya Sabha (Upper House) for the first time in history of Indian Parliament. 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Photograph: Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1618402451786-TX3KNZFIXVNH7FIWH8L6/IMG_20191106_0009.jpg Ayodhya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580568519830-RHSVFPW00B94ZN6SI5X5/IMG_20191106_0010.jpg Ayodhya - Ayodhya Dec 1992 Mahant Nitya Gopal Das addressing a Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580568521518-4713ALPMGURJWI9HHQ6M/IMG_20191106_0012.jpg Ayodhya - Ayodhya Dec 1992 Dharam Sansad meeting at Ayodhya on December 04, 1996. Two days later, hindu activists climb the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished. 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Hussain with his mural bought by New York based NRI art lover and collector K. Srikanth Charugundla for a record sum. The mural entitled "Lightening" has been in the private collection of the painter for the last 25 years. The mural comrises of twelve penels of 5 feet by 10 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639094427-09P5PH4C2TAX6EZLD6AO/Mughal+Gardens.jpg Home Tulip in full bloom at Mughal Garden of Rashtrapati Bhawan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639905753-H0MI5YO08U37QBMVTPF5/Pushkar.jpg Home Camel camp at Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639908098-8UKDXGKVJN1I8HC4KITG/Rahul+G-+Vadra+-+Digvijay+Singh.jpg Home Congress President Rahul Gandhi with Robert Vadra and Digvijay Singh in an animated discussion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617639910051-JLXZV7TMPBHJTT4YNTC2/SSH_4264.jpg Home After maintaining social distancing for almost nine months, hundreds of BJP workers danced and celebrated Lohri to the beats of Punjabi-pop at delhi BJP office in New Delhi unmindful of the prevailing Covid protocals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981555254-349XJC5TMSQIVRPLVS4D/CH+CHOWK-2-SSH_0764.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981552997-2YT5L2DB1L1YEWNATODZ/CH+CHOWK-1-DSC_0892.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981555549-W2FT7RN075TDQMBN2LBO/DSC_0057.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981560652-NH0COSYCDE3KXQBXESAZ/DSC_0785.jpg Home Congress leader Natwar Singh with Jaya Bachchan from samajwadi Party outside Parliament House in New Delhi. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981562137-1WH2A69PZBTQKLJSWSZJ/DSC_1604.jpg Home - RSS Drill Activists of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), perform during a drill on the occasion of Dussehra in New Delhi, India. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981562697-6533G1T0J03I4XRVOXNR/DSC_2759.jpg Home - Fogged Up Raisina Hill - New Delhi A view of the Raisina Hill with colonial style North and South Blocks and the Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhawan housing the central government office, engulfed in fog, in New Delhi. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981563888-0TA7PSL38MCSL11IENSV/DSC_4837.jpg Home - Politicians of All Hues Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh (second from right) talking to Shivraj Patil, Congress; Somnath Chatterjee, Communist Party (Marxist); former Prime Minister H.D. 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Photo bySondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981567329-K2H4M8KGUHC2CQCU8653/DSC_9535.jpg Home - India - Russia - China Foreign Minister of India, Pranab Mukherjee (centre) with his counterparts from China Li Zhaoxing and Russia Sergai Lavrov in New Delhi, India. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981567004-UP6HNMYE5AINQXUQV4P2/DSC_7658.jpg Home - Kathak Dancer Saswati Sen Saswati Sen a leading exponent of Kathak style Indian classical dance form performing with her troupe. She is a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj. Photo by Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981574150-W6UQ8C251F99SVHNGJS4/SSH_1127.jpg Home - India - Oman His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman with Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda in New Delhi on April 02, 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981553510-00IRIW9WNVNW8MWQ07PQ/12-SSH_0697.jpg Home - Cobid-19 Vaccination Drive for Homeless A Delhi Government health worker giving Covaxin Jab to an inmate of ashelter home during the launch of a free vaccination drive for homeless at the river Yamuna embankment area in New Delhi, India on Friday June 24, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631638035-0QVW8EQ3FS1DFF53TPTE/a-SSH_3232-13102020.jpg Home - Rapid Antigen Testing A technician doing rapid antigen testing, a quick testing process to detect Covid-19 coronavirus infected people within a short span of time at a municipal clininc in New Delh, Indiai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1617631616778-XM2I60AUF3MFR518YNE0/a-SSH_3226-13102020.jpg Home - Covid-19 Testing A health worker takes nasal swap as part of rapid antigen testing, a quick testing process to detect Covid-19 coronavirus infected people within a short span of time at a municipal clinic in New Delh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1629981572791-IZRM3ETOV144E60G7KAO/Shankar+12082021-1.jpg Home Opposition parties took out a protest march in New Delhi, August 12, 2021 accusing the Bhartiya Janta Party led union government of not allowing them to speak in the Parliament. Leading the protest march, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that Members of Parliament (MPs) from Opposition parties were manhandled and beaten inside Rajya Sabha (Upper House) for the first time in history of Indian Parliament. Describing the incident as "nothing short of murder of democracy". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581941043947-7BLEOYSFIPO11W8CJ1ZP/e20.jpg Home - Dancing to the beat A Sikh man dances to the beat of drums at Holla Mohalla festival at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581873168040-59RCS2JZXE2J1IUJ02IT/65++-+3200a.jpg Home Mass akhand paath continues at Takhat Sachkhand Sri Hazoor Sahib at Nanded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581871703893-VSRHDICLKP1QM381J6LL/12+-+2918.jpg Home - Amrit Sanchar An Amrit Sanchar (baptism) ceremony is underway at Takhat Sri Hazoor Sahib, Nanded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580381173431-ZPKWC66R7IMQKYXKN4JK/Sikh+turban-1.jpg Home - Traditional arms—miniature style A Sikh man carrying miniature arms in his turban https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581871700045-B4MFXU51FP6DJVWH1MXQ/_SSH4357.jpg Home - Nihang Sikhs Nihang Sikhs preparing bhang at Anantpur Sahib in Punjab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581940540088-00TN3KQG5KN4KH9BCFJS/Takht+Kesgarh_SSH6241.jpg Home - Beating of Drum A sewadar beats drum at Takhat Keshgarh Sahib, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581871708421-UKU1N5CGAI2NKKXBMU20/05920002.jpg Home - Hola Mohalla Celebration Annual Hola Mohalla celebrations at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581943832163-3R0H6X856URBV0S4PRG9/05830004.jpg Home - Nihang Sikh Nihang Sikhs preparing Bhang at Anantpur Sahib, Punjab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581871700318-LGPOMTLWC09V5RTT3C15/_SSH6226.jpg Home - Punjab Rural Sports Villagers participating in bullock cart race at Killa Raipur, Punjab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1581871708464-1GAKCNDAVTHUGQ21B2SN/07220005.jpg Home - Sikh with falcon A Sikh man with a falcon during a procession in New Delhi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1644429536325-WUCM5GM5Q2T62JVIEGOL/1-SSH_4783.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1644429536296-W6G5WDAWARIRTFS3GUUI/1-SSH_4798.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1644429537794-A75FW6MGHHL2LGVUIM77/1-SSH_4801.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1644429539270-B4JGFLTSPLGY76S8H8D5/1-SSH_4814.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1644429540106-8PF4NQLE340MBNVJAGQ7/1-SSH_4817.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1585760578967-1LKH1DQ2ZJ0Z571QMQKX/1-Shankar-220320-7.jpg Home - Deserted Train Staion Deserted platform at New Delhi Railway Station after a number of trains were cancelled during a day long lockdown amid growing concerns of coronavirus, India, Sunday, March 22, 2020. India is observing a 14-hour “people's curfew” called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an effort to check the rising COVID-19 corona virus. Indian government has made appeals to the public to practice strict hygiene and social distancing. Photograph: Sondeep Shankar https://www.sondeepshankar.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-12-30 https://www.sondeepshankar.com/books daily 0.75 2020-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582097882136-ZA9IFH56AX63BOYD7AAM/IMG_0587.jpeg Books - Pilgrimage to Hemkund Jaswant Singh Neki, Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582094719509-ASICIDXV5DNX9G4X95TN/IMG_0586.jpeg Books - Gurdwaras In India and Pakistan Sondeep Shankar, Mohinder Singh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577714001994-PKUA25IURMAHLQUBW1QZ/delhi-agra-jaipur.jpeg Books - Delhi, Agra and Jaipur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577880911112-DDZVY5SJVXU5AFRUXRNJ/devi-hindu-goddesses.jpg Books - Devi: Hindu Goddesses Sondeep Shankar, Archana Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577714102812-O4AYX7M0KR0MV0W7KOXO/havelis-of-old-delhi.jpeg Books - Mansions at Dusk: The Havelis of Old Delhi Pavan K. Varma, Sondeep Shankar “Of the roughly 120 plates in it, some 85 have been provided by Sondeep Shankar, a gifted photographer and scion of a family that has probably been in Delhi ever since Shahjahanabad was built.” — India Today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582097165343-10Q5U5WFBDJSO1QTNCGG/Ganesha+-+Lord+of+Beginings%29.jpg Books - Ganesha: The Lord of Beginnings Sondeep Shankar, Archana Shankar Ganesha, the elephant-headed god is one of the most loved deities and one of the most important gods of the Hindu pantheon. Easily recognizable, the lord of beginnings is not as easily defined; he is an amalgam of often contrasting elements. He is the presiding deity of material goods as also the lord of spirituality, the Lord of Brahmacharis yet grants progeny to the childless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580693619101-PN7K9UUYK9QNLZFVS12Q/Sikh-heritage-a-history-of-valour-and-devotion.png Books - Sikh Heritage: A History of Valour and Devotion Rishi Singh and Sondeep Shankar Sikh Heritage: A History of Valour and Devotion is a succinct and delightfully photographed glimpse into the community’s religion, its ten gurus, its temples, traditional systems of governance, history, architecture, and the famous Golden Temple. This book traces the history of valour and devotion of the Sikh community, which forms a small percentage of India’s population, yet produces a significant amount of the country’s food reserves. Despite the brutal assaults of history faced by the Sikh community – such as the partition of Punjab – they have still maintained the merit of their heritage. A photographic documentation of the Sikh historicity through objects both in time and space, such as the beautifully captured images of Harmandir, its toshakhana, and takhats or temporal seats of the Sikhs, portray a unique relationship between the edifice and the Sikhs – thus, each photograph is a story in itself. This new approach aims at the conception of Sikh heritage not only as the sacred masterpieces of the past to be valued and conserved, but also as emblematic and living spaces to be appropriated by the local communities, who are the bearers of a rich and active collective memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582095476693-ERBGKEIQCZKB2CDALPI6/IMG_0583.jpeg Books - The Golden Temple (Punjab Heritage Series) by Sondeep Shankar (Author), Mohinder Singh (Author) Harimandir Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, is the most important Sikh shrine and has emerged as the spiritual capital of the Sikh faith. Because of its unique role in Sikh history and psyche, it has become the symbol of the Sikh community's undying faith and religious fervour. Through pictures and stories the book tries to capture the glory and grandeur of the Golden Temple and the central role that the shrine plays in the life of the Sikhs all over the world. Dr. Mohinder Singh, an eminent historian and Director of the National Institute of Panjab Studies, New Delhi, has provided text for the book, while the many color pictures have been taken by Sondeep Shankar, one of India's leading photographers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582096584074-NO1DRU7T9QLFJT5V6KXW/Sikh+Shrines+of+Delhi.jpg Books - Sikh Shrines in Delhi by Amrik Singh (Author), Sondeep Shankar (Photographer) This book explores the sikh shrines in Delhi with numerous beautiful color photographs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580658367802-YB2G3DOYA1IDRUDSEM5V/maharaja-ranjit-singh.jpg Books - Maharaja Ranjit Singh Rishi Singh, Sondeep Shankar, Mohinder Singh This book tires to capture the life and times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh based on some of the hitherto inaccessible and unpublished material collected from various repositories in India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. The text has been provided by Dr. Mohinder Singh, an eminent Sikh historian and Director of the National Institute of Panjab Studies, and his Research Associate Rishi Singh, while pictures have been taken by Sondeep Shankar, one of India's leading photographers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577712990281-RKYHHIZKBHYHWS5OKZ4V/childhood-in-india.jpeg Books - Childhood in India Sondeep Shankar, Jon E. Rohde “Sondeep Shankar… makes a remarkable effort to explore this miracle. And in doing so, he goes beyond the scope of the book. Page after page you see children responding to, or coping with, the traumas of everyday life.” — India Today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577713248459-J6LEY9EEDYK5MPGIALEP/ganga-a-journey.jpeg Books - Ganga : A Journey Sondeep Shankar Celebrated in myth and legend, in literature, art and song, the Ganga, in many ways, defines India. Life of the richest diversity flourishes all along its 2500 kilometre course, as it has done for millennia. Sondeep Shankar, one of India's leading photographers, has photographed the Ganga for nearly three decades, from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Bay of Bengal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582094418895-KVDNSQ9FKKLJ2KGUZY9Z/THE+SIKHS+-+Faith%2C+Philosophy+%26+Folk.jpg Books - Sikhs Faith Philosophy and Folk Gurbachan Singh, Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1582097676607-S4L286ZKC27RQ5LS2IX0/IMG_0584.jpeg Books - Anandpur The City of Bliss Mohinder Singh and Sondeep Shankar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1580658141058-WLGG2YLLI5M1IVMUO7WL/forts-palaces-havelis-punjab.jpg Books - Forts, Palaces And Havelis Of Panjab Sondeep Shankar (Author), Mohinder Singh Panjab literally land of five rivers has been the cradle of the world’s oldest civilization dating back to BC 2500. It was on this land that the oldest scripture of the world the Rigveda was written and some of the best centres of learning developed. It was also in Panjab that some of the epic battles including that of Mahabharat were fought. Because of its geographical location Panjab has been the gateway to all invaders entering through the North-West Frontier. It was because of the frequent invasions and conflict over possession of territories that some sort of regular armies came into existence which necessitated building of forts for protection of the kings and their armies in times of crisis. Establishment of rule by different chieftains kings and emperors also resulted in building of places for the royal families and havelis for their chiefs and the ruling elite. While most of the impregnable forts were built on the North-West Frontier in West Punjab which now forms art of Pakistan we find many forts majestic palaces and havelis in Eastern Panjab too including areas which now form part of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Most of the important forts in Panjab lost their strategic and military importance with the British occupation of Panjab and sea routes replacing the traditional land routes through North-West Frontier. As a result of independence of India and merger of princely stats with the Indian Union these chiefs of princely India suddenly lost their glory and grandeur. While some of the palaces like the Jagatjit Palace Kapurthala and the Motibagh Palace Patiala were converted into Sainik School and National Institute of Sports some others are being used as police training centres and government offices with the result that their maintenance and upkeep has gone to the back seat. Through pictures and narration an attempt has been made to provide a glimpse of the endangered heritage of Panjab and create the needed awareness for conservation. https://www.sondeepshankar.com/pictures-in-our-eyes-reviews daily 0.75 2020-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577911888748-SQVMV02JHGMOARRJR3R3/Pictures+in+Our+Eyes+Review-1.jpg Pictures in Our Eyes - Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577911895446-CYLWF2ASEIJ3DLJO1KC6/Pictures+In+Eyes+Review-5.jpg Pictures in Our Eyes - Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577911893102-JDOPJLNTM4NE3F345P5J/Pictures+In+Eyes+Review-4.jpg Pictures in Our Eyes - Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577911897314-NGFGDSBIFKEWPF7N4Z6Z/Pictures+In+Eyes+Review-3.jpg Pictures in Our Eyes - Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e099a7066be9216ac8911cd/1577911902581-4JUQXM0O2V6L8W7XNILW/Pictures+In+Eyes+Review-2.jpg Pictures in Our Eyes - Reviews